Marvel actor Simu Liu has shared an exciting update for fans of the action game Sleeping Dogs with the first draft of the movie script now finished. Liu announced the news through a tweet, stating that the “Sleeping Dogs script draft” was complete. He accompanied the announcement with a playful photo of his own sleeping dog.

in honour of our sleeping dogs script draft being done, here’s my sleepy dog 👍 pic.twitter.com/l1KsFNDj5V

— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) October 18, 2025

This development marks a positive turn for the project, which faced uncertainty earlier this year. In January, actor Donnie Yen, known for his roles in the Star Wars franchise, revealed that the film adaptation had stalled. Yen mentioned he had “spent a lot of time and even invested some of [his] own money” into the project before it hit a roadblock.

However, the situation changed quickly. Just weeks after Yen’s announcement, Liu confirmed his involvement with the adaptation, signaling that the project was moving forward again. In a response to a commenter asking about the relationship with Square Enix, the publisher that owns the Sleeping Dogs intellectual property, Liu said: “They’re absolutely great, it’s the [Hollywood] studios that don’t seem to understand how important this IP is BUT we will get them there.”

Liu did not share details about who wrote the script or reveal other members of the production team. The Sleeping Dogs movie was first announced in February 2018 when Yen confirmed the film was in development. Little information emerged about the project until the cancellation news broke earlier this year.

The original Sleeping Dogs game was released in August 2012 by Square Enix. Set in Hong Kong, the open world game combined martial arts combat with crime drama storytelling. Developer United Front Games attempted to create a sequel and later a multiplayer version called Triad Wars, but the studio closed in 2016.